U.S. now includes Rocky Point in Mexico travel warning

[Newsjock]

Source: Arizona Daily Star

Travelers need to “exercise caution” in Nogales and Rocky Point, an updated warning for Mexico travelers from the U.S. State Department says.

This is the first time Rocky Point, also known as Puerto Peñasco, has been mentioned in an official travel warning. Nogales has been mentioned before as a site of frequent shootouts, but the city itself has not been singled out like this by the State Department.

... Inclusion in the travel warning is the latest blow to the seaside town’s economy, which is based on tourism.

... The new warning also instructs to avoid “non-essential” travel to the region west of Nogales in Northern Sonora.

Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/article_95bf8bac-6d1e-11e0-b209-001cc4c002e0.html

[Scuba]

1. Shame. Puerto Penasco is a lovely shrimping village on the ....

...Gulf of California. Dramatic tides make it an ideal place for "shell hunters".


Hopefully things will improve; I'd enjoy going back.

[slackmaster]

2. The War On (some) Drugs has ruined a lot of people and places

Fuck it.